Asomiya Club, situated in the city of eternal love, Tezpur, is a club established on 15th April, 1915 to promote and initiate various cultural and artistic activities and to enable the citizens of Tezpur to pass their leisure time in a constructive way, as well as to create social, political, and educational awareness. The club was established by prominent personalities like Pandit Jaydev Sharma, Haribilash Agarwala, Dandinath Kalita, Moulavi Jahirul Haque, Moulavi Atowar Rehman, Anandra Chandra Agarwala and others under the leadership of the doyen of Assamese literature Padmanath Gohain Boruah. Since its establishment, the club has completed glorious 108 years despite many odds and adversities and has been playing a significant role in preserving the cultural and literary heritage of Tezpur. Currently, various literary gatherings, seminars, literary competitions, workshops for poetry recitation among children, and career guidance programmes for students, etc., regularly held at the club are serving its purpose and contributing to the literary and other development of the society. Apart from cultural and educational projects, the club has also seen vigorous activities in sports and has often been in the spotlight. Since 1985, sportspersons affiliated to this club have earned many state as well as national and international level distinctions in various sporting events. The founding of the Cine Society on 21st February 2014, named Tezpur Chalachitra Mancha, was one of the significant initiatives of the club. Besides, the club also organized a film festival in December 2014. Films screened in this festival were in Assamese, Mising, Kokborok, Khasi, Manipuri, Kannada, and Sherdukpen languages. Recently, the club has organized a 5-day Poetry Recitation Workshop from 3rd July to 7th July, 2023, like every year. Thus, Asomiya Club, Tezpur is standing with its glory by contributing incomparable contributions to the growth of the Tezpur city in various fields and aspects.
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